I wish all those who claim our greatest days are past could grasp the energy and vitality in grass roots America today.

Our Jewish citizens have contributed greatly to our economic and moral growth as a Nation.

There are too many people who don't know about the many wonderful things that your organizations are doing.

Putting America's economic house in order meant changing attitudes, particularly the dangerous tendency to turn to government to solve every problem.

American Jewry has made significant and lasting contributions to every facet of American life.

The freedoms we enjoy as Americans have evolved in great measure from the richness and strength of our Judeo-Christian heritage.

The tapping is about to begin.

I do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 20, 1982, as Father's Day.

We're witnessing a rebirth of concern and involvement that historians may describe as a reawakening of the American spirit.

I don't—this thing that I'm just going to say to you might sound now as if I'm being militant or something, and I'm not.

I call upon my fellow citizens in both the public and private sectors to join in mutual efforts to pursue the long-term goals set forth during 1981.

The best view of that kind of government is in a rearview mirror as we leave it behind.